Beside the model, the other input into a regression analysis is some relevant sample data, consisting of the observed values of the dependent and explanatory variables for a sample of members of the ...

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C (Applied Statistics), Vol. 30, No. 2 (1981), pp. 116-124 (9 pages) This paper develops a maximum likelihood method for estimating a piecewise ...

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In recent columns we showed how linear regression can be used to predict a continuous dependent variable given other independent variables 1,2. When the dependent variable is categorical, a common ...

The standard linear regression model does not apply when the effect of one explanatory variable on the dependent variable depends on the value of another explanatory variable. In this case, the ...

Economists develop economic models to explain consistently recurring relationships. Their models link one or more economic variables to other economic variables. For example, economists connect the ...

ECONOMISTS develop economic models to explain consistently recurring relationships. Their models link one or more economic variables to other economic variables (see “What Are Economic Models,” F&D, ...